Shell research is time consuming...Long term hold periods are the big deterrent for many to forgoe spending the DD time... The big pump on big, share count mj action for a few months is like a 'once in a blue moon' occurence in pennyland...The folks that spent the time accumulating big share amounts before promoing them were well rewarded though... Here is link to a board with state registration info... http://investorshub.advfn.com/The-Secretary-of-State-(SOS)-19900/ Here is a pinky land info link to work from... http://www.otcmarkets.com/news/otc-financials Before you waste a lot of time you have to ask yourself the important question... Is it worth the time to buy a 100,000 shares at .001 of several companies and hold them a long time until one re-emerges and plows up in price to 2 to 4 cents or more?... Its easier to add some shares on the way up when one of the companies you follow gets asked to dance... And the 2nd question... When you see all the hurrah about different companies that do temporary pop ups, can you maintain the long term research approach?... Heck, you already say you have a winner in the bag so you can spend a little time doing some DD...LJ 'Many shells lay along the beach covered in sand for years with folks passing by daily'...